The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-09-10
Mr.. D. H. Rice, of cowpens, MARYLAND Gen.

Mr.. d. III. Rice, of Cowpens, Maryland Cen
trail Railroad, exhibited his splendid pair of youny
Orange Blossom mares at the county fair this week
They are as fine pair as can be found in thu
State and trot to the pole below three minutes
-Towsontown people turned out in force tt
the county fair the past week and Coles stage
had all the passengers they could carry. If W,
had q railroad from here to the fair grounds hun
dreds of people would 60 who now remain at home
Our friends are respectfully informed thai
we cannot publish their notices ofpolitical meeting
unless the same are paid for. 1t is hardly fail
that we should be expected to insert such notices
Free and if we do it for one we must do it for all
Gen. Chas. P. Montague writes to Ellicoti
City Times to say that the story about his having
| found petroleum on his farm near that place is al
hoax. 1t appears that the story was gotten up
on the General as a joke, and he didn't relish il
| worth a cent.
1 The strawberry plants now being advertised
in THE UNION by Mr.. J. A. Hamilton, of Govans.
town, the largest and finest we ever saw. He
| has immense quantities of them-enough to supply
the whole county-and they are of the most desr-
able varieties.
Mr.. Robert Wright, well known and high
ly esteemed citizen of the Sd district, died at his
residence, Bare Hill, Falls road, on Wednesday
night last of heart disease. He was member of
Wright's Bleach and Dye Works Company, and
| about 40 years of age.
| -Winfield J. Taylor, Esq, counsel for VIM.
A. Dean, has instituted suit in the Baltimore coun-
ty Circuit Court against Mr.. Glenn, claiming ST.
600 damages for constructing drain at the corner
of Boundary avenue and Lovegrove alley, which
injured plaintiffs property.
| Mr.. William Englar, of Towsontown, car
| ried off first premium at the county fair for his
registered Jersey cow and also took first premium
for grade cow. The registered cow, which was
formerly owned by Mr.. Joseph Phipps, got the
| gold medal at the fair last year.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Albert D. Bokel celebrated
their tin wedding at their residence York road and
| Sixth street, on Monday evening last. There was
large attendance of friends and very delightful
time was had. The presents were tin and there
| was an immense collection of them.
Work on the large furnaces and other build
ings at Sparrows Point, 18th district is progress
ing rapidly and several hundred men kept con-
stantly employed there. The company which owns
several hundred acres of land at that place will
spend more than ,0G0 in improvements.
The colored camp meeting at Asbury Grove,
Western Maryland Railroad, closed on Tuesday
morning. 1t was the most successful meeting ever
held on those grounds, the attendance having been
very large. The receipts at the gates-fve cents
admission having been charged-amountedt to ST.
012.47.
The Hampstead Enterprise of last week
says: "The Beckleysvile people deny that those
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weeks ago, whose bad conduct we noted, were
from that town. They assert they were all from
Carroll county, and we cheerfully make this state
ment."
Government surveyors have been at work
for some time on all the railroad lines running
out of Baltimore in order to get the topography
of the county in the vicinity of the city. They
were in Towsontown on Tuesday, having run
line on the Maryland Central road as far out as
Eudowood station.
Mr.. Samuel Spencer, one of the Receivers
of the Maryland Central R. R. Company, will
probably succeed Mr.. Robert Garrett as president
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He has been
connected with the latter company for many years
and for some time past has been the first vice.
president of the company.
Mr.. Joseph S. Hopkins, of the Sd district,
has filed petition in the Circuit Court here for
the benefit of the insolvent laws. The petition
shows that he has no property and no debts due
to him, and that the debts due by him amount to
$50, 66607. Mr.. Frank I. Duncan has been ap-
pointed preliminary trustee.
Two weeks ago THE UNION stated that there
was a rumor about the sale of the Phoenix factory
property. Since then we learn that the sale has
tually been made and it is expected that the fac
tory will be started up about the LIST of November
next. The purchasers are well known business
men of Baltimore, some of whom are already en-
gagged in manufacturing.
The heavy shower of Wednesday afternoon,
which lasted only afew minutes, put an end to the
dust which has been great annoyance, but was
not enough to benefit vegetation. good many
people at the fair grounds, who could not get
under shelter, got pretty thoroughly drenched but
on the whole the rain accomplished good thing
by banishing the dust and cooling the atmosphere
Hon. George Hawkins Williams, who owns
the house, has purchased the furniture and fixtures
of the st. James Hotel, corner of Charles and Gen.
tire streets, Baltimore, for $4,000. Hereafter the
house will be run by Mr.. John S. Crowther, as
manager, he having already had some experience
in the business. Mr.. Crowther is a son of Mr.
John Crowther, Jr., cashier of the Towson Ma
tional Bank.
The funeral of Mr.. Jas. N. Henderson, who
died at his residence in this place. on the morning
of the 1st inst, took place at 10 o'clock Sunday
morning. Services at the house were conducted
by Rev. w. II. H. Powers, of Trinity P. E. Church,
and Rev. Page Milburn, of the NJ. E. Church. The
remains were conveyed to the Baptist Church,
near Jarrettsvie, where the interment took place.
Three brothers of the DECEASED and three brothoo-
ifs1aw acted as pall-bearers.
"A highly esteemed citizen who has lived in
the vicinity of Phoenix for nearly three-quarters
of a century, informs us that the public roads in
the neighborhood are in worse condition to-day
than he has ever known them He says that one
of these days-and he looks for it to happen any
time-the county will be put in for heavy damages
for au accident occurring on some of the roads,
and he thinks this is the only thing that will ever
afford them relief as the road supervisors and
County Commissioners turn a deaf ear to all their
appeals for an improved condition of affairs.
"Citizens Independent Ticket."-The In
dependent Democrats of Baltimore county held
another meeting in Ba timore last Saturday and
completed their nominations for this falls cam
paign. The complete ticket is composed of the fol-
lowing gentlemen:
For Register Of WiNs-Peter G. Zouck, 4th dis
trict.
For County Treaswer-Edward Rider, 9th dis
trict.
For Sherf-John Piersol, 10th district.
For States Attorney-William Grason, 9th dis
trict.
For County Neutrality-suspicious. Nevin, 9Th
district Peter G. Erdman, 18th, and George S.
Keiffer, 18th.
For Judges of the Orphans Court-Eli Mat
thews, 18th district; DR.. r. N Brown, 1lth, and
Jacob Hoshall, 9th.
For County .Surueyor-Joshua e. Bosley, sth
district.
For State Senator-.Joh I. Yelott, 9th district.
For House Of Delegates-C. Lyon Rogers, Sd
district; Edward F. Raphel, 18th; Jos. M. Arm
acost, 6th J. M. T. Fishpaw, I'd Samuel G. Herd,
| LIST, and Frederick w. Bruno, 9th.
The ticket will be known as the "Citizens indie
| pendent Ticket" and the campaign will be man.
| aged by committee composed of one from each
district.
| A Fine Game Of Ball.-The finest game of
base-ba ever seen in Towsontown was played
| here on Tuesday afternoon between the Baltimore
| Pastime the leading amateur club in the State,
and the Towsontown nine. Up to the end of the
| fifth inning each club had secured but one run
and it looked like the game would be played out
that way, so sharp was the work of both mines.
In the six inning, however, the home nine did
some extraordinary batting and scored four runs.
In the seventh they scored another and in the
ninth the Pastimes made three, the score stand
ing at the close 6 to 5 in favor of the home club,
which played splendid game all the way through.
The Pastimes, who are all gentlemen and very
fine players, were at disadvantage on account
of the grounds, upon which they had never played
before, but they did some beautiful work and
earned the plaudits of the large audience. One
of the features of the game was home run by
John Smith of the Towson nine, foul fly caught
by Ensor, who distinguished himself behind the
bat, and running catch by Slingluff in the right
field. The battery for the Pastimes was Middle
ton and Tennant, and for the homo club Horne
and Ensor. Previous to Tuesdays contest the
Pastimes had played fifteen games this season,
losing only three of the number. The victory
was q great one for the Towsontown club and